The Department of Justice contracted Nava Public Benefit Corporation to continue the work started by 18F to help people, businesses, and public offices know their rights and responsibilities under the ADA. Beta.ada.gov exercises a vital design practice: how do we make ADA rights and regulations easy to find, understand, and share in order to empower diverse groups of Americans? Shaped by the Department’s vision for an accessible website, learn about how we’re translating goals into action, leveraging modern web design through the USWDS, crafting accessible language guidelines from plainlanguage.gov, and practicing inclusive user research.

Speakers:

Chinelo Ikejimba, Designer/Researcher, Nava PBC

Aviva Oskow, Lead Product Designer, 18F

Veronica N. Williamson, Product Owner, Disability Rights Section, U.S. Department of Justice

Cindy Nelson, Web Content Manager, U.S. Department of Justice

DotGov Design Conference returns May 18, 2021 to highlight amazing projects and inspiring people working in the government space, and to educate people aspiring to make the world a better place through government projects.

Guest lecture on human-centered civic design and a career in design for social good at Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Design: Communications Design program (Aviva’s alma mater)

Guest lecture on human-centered civic design and a career in design for social good at Shillington Design School.

OBT’s Train and Earn is a program for 17-24 year olds who are out of school and out of work, providing education, job training, and support moving to their next steps. Most Train and Earn participants are either working on their high school equivalency diploma or recent high school graduates who want support getting a job or continuing their education. OBT serves primarily low-income Brooklyn residents, specifically focusing on people of color, immigrants, and some English as a new language students. The career day potluck is a chance for the participants to speak to people in a variety of careers.

Presenting on design in the federal government and 18F for The Lab at OPM’s Design School, a week-long immersive learning experience for and led by fellow government employees. The course explores the methods and mindsets of human-centered design and design thinking for public service.

The Tech Scholars program brings together a cohort of 20 high school girls to learn about women's history and coding in the Tech Commons at the New York Historical Society. Through researching women in American history and building websites using HTML and CSS to share their work, they gain an important lens on history and the field of technology. This panel features three women with successful careers in the tech field to speak on their experience and offer advice to the young women.

An evening of storytelling and collaboration for the NYC civic design and tech community

Hosted by 18F and Civic Hall, and featuring additional speakers from the Lab @OPM, NYC Civic Service Design Studio, Beta NYC, and Civic Actions.

Organized and hosted by Aviva Oskow and Amy Ashida of 18F

“Remote First: lessons from running distributed, cross-disciplinary—and still user centered teams” - Panel with 18F colleagues and partners from the Department of Justice and Forest Service

Breakout session: “Plain language and simple design: How civic designers are building a better digital government for the people”

Guest lecture series: “Growing a career in human centered design”

“User Centered Design in the Government”

Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Communications Design alumni chat “Design for Social Good”